Ethereal Knights (Celestra Knights) by Moore Addison

Author:Moore, Addison [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

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Nicholas Havar’s house is monolithic, and from what I’ve heard, pretty damn nice. But I wouldn’t know. We’re shuffled around the back, in the dark, like a couple of burglars over to an overgrown pool house that’s set up like an AA meeting. Rows and rows of metal chairs fan out in a semi-circle, while a buffet of donuts and coffee sits off to the side. Logan and I take seats in the front near the entrance and wait as the last-minute stragglers wander in—an equal mix of both men and women. It looks like Mom and Dad decided to ditch. I heard them saying something about dinner and a movie, and neither Logan nor I mentioned that we would be here.

Logan leans in. “Recognize any of these people?”

“Hardly. You?”

He shakes his head.

Nicholas Haver is as round as a barrel. He polishes off a pink-frosted donut before seating himself at a table that faces the audience. Him, I know. He’s been around as long as I can remember. He has a niece that came to the island one summer. Ellis swears she was his first conquest.

I’d like a first conquest—Skyla of course.

“Minutes?” He looks up at the crowd for a volunteer. A thin man with bushy brows and glasses raises his hand. “Dr. Booth.” He nods.

Haver opens in prayer before discussing odd news regarding parking permits and building codes. I had a feeling the faction meeting would bore me to tears.

I glance over to the doctor who’s busy taking copious notes. Dad’s a doctor—a PhD, to be exact. Mom says he’s overeducated. He got into the morgue right out of school, taking it over from some heir of the previous owner who couldn’t figure out how to run it.

The meeting drones on, and Logan shares the pictures of the morons trying to run us off the road.

“We’ll look into this.” Nicholas nods from over his glasses.

“So that’s it?” I whisper as Logan falls back in his seat.

“That’s it.” Logan shakes his head.

Nicholas Haver segues right back into the minutia of everyday life, discussing the potholes on Saddle Drive, and my mind goes numb from listening. If you ask me, the Faction Council is in need of new leadership. For all practical purposes, this could be a city council meeting, because not a thing about the factions has been brought up once.

I’m so fucking bored. I wish I were back at the party. Hell, I wish I could rewind the night and have it all work out differently. Now there’s a “super power” I’d love to have.

I imagine the house with all of its haunted memories of Chloe—those paper butterflies that I’m not even sure Skyla is aware of yet, lurking in the attic room. I picture Logan and me walking in and starting the night anew.

“Hi!” Skyla would be eager to greet me. She wouldn’t even notice Logan and his pretty boy smile.

I’d try to say something, and she’d place her finger over my mouth. “Don’t talk. Just kiss me.”

I’d plunge my lips over hers, and we’d kiss right there in front of every person I know.

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